One of the players to make
only one appearance for Tottenham, Percy Austin had a short
playing career, but served Spurs well off the field for
several years.

He
played for Farnham United Breweries FC in the Surrey
Senior League and was part of the side that reached the
First Round of the FA Cup with some great giant-killing
performances in 1925-26 before they lost at home to
Swindon Town.

Percy was first signed on
amateur forms and then, after some good displays in the
reserves (nine goals in seventeen matches), he was
signed as a professional at the end of that season.

Unfortunately, his only
first team match was as a replacement for the injured
Arthur Grimsdell, who took a knock on Boxing Day 1927,
giving him to opportunity to start against Birmingham
City.

He stayed for the rest of
that season and was then allowed to join Norwich City in
November 1928, after scoring 31 goals in 51 run-outs for
Tottenham, but never made a senior appearance for the
Canaries.

Percy returned to
Hertfordshire and lived in Bricketts Wood, becoming the
Spurs scout in the Hertfordshire area for many years.